Bough is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Bough
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Bough

How popular is Bough?

Bough is ranked 164064 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Boughs plummeted by 2.948718 per cent to 757 since 2000 and slipped by 2037 spots and ranked at 30767. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 84.41 87.56
Black 6.08 5.38
Others 2.91 2.05
Hispanic or Latino 2.77 1.28
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 2.51 2.56
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.32 1.15
Bough is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in United States Virgin Islands. Around 2239 people have been found who wears Bough as their family name. Bough is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
656,580 India9
82,942 Zimbabwe8
12,161 Wales2
1,313 United States Virgin Islands2
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
6,900 Oman2
34,681 Norway2
131,225 Spain2
53,033 Nigeria1
91,024 Belgium1
38,063 Mauritania1
81,201 Switzerland1
38,841 Scotland1
118,015 Netherlands1
38,830 Morocco1
29,046 Japan1
9,498 Iceland1
66,560 Philippines1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
43,731 Australia46
8,504 Ireland33
18,889 New Zealand26
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
34,315 Canada96
133,875 France61
3,881 Hong Kong59
Countries with hundreds of Bough:
31,271 United States940
11,594 Algeria536
14,443 England403
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 20 years old workman Joseph Bough who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on May 7, 1849 by E.E. Perkins put out from Liverpool. Mary Bough, aged 18, Workman Francis Bough, Workman Pat Bough, Immigrant Betty Bough, 25 years old Jno. Bough, Mary Bough (40) Farmer, 13 years old Mick Bough, Magt. Bough, aged 11, Farrell Bough (9), and 7 other Bough around 64.29% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer migrated to US.

Bough Namesakes

  • Arvis Locklear Boughman, Author
  • Rutland Boughton, Composer
  • Azzedine Bougherra, Actor
  • Madjid Bougherra, Soccer player
  • Férid Boughedir, Film director
  • Edward Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu of Boughton, Politician
  • Fayçal Boughrine, Actor
  • Férid Boughedir, Film director
  • Stanley Boughey, Armed force officer
  • Krystal S. Boughman, Actress

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